Ruslan Tsarni, the uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, tells reporters outside his home in Maryland April 19 how deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev fell under the influence of a new friend, a Muslim convert, who steered the religiously apathetic young man toward a strict strain of Islam. Click on the link, below, for a report from the Boston Globe about that friend, identified only as Misha, now denying trying to influence Tsarnaev.
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Country music star Taylor Swift is seen performing at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. March 29. Click on the link above, right, for a report from TMZ.com that Swift paid cash for a mansion in Rhode Island.Charles Sykes / Invision